July 2017 Cookbook Roundup

As usual, I have waded through piles (albeit it smaller piles
this month) of glorious cookbooks, selecting and reviewing all the
best new releases from the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, New
Zealand and other countries. This month again is light but that
doesn't mean there aren't fantastic books to tempt us.

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This month offers a glorious selection of books from the UK - I
am a fan girl of UK titles (who am I kidding? I'm a fan girl of all
cookbooks) but the UK books always bring something special to the
table for me - perhaps because I love London so much. We have some
restaurant cookbooks that are truly spectacular this month as well
as a book from Candice Brown (Great British Bake Off contestant and
no spoilers because the show is airing now in the US) which I am
obsessing over. I made the Peanut Butter Marshmallow Blondies from
that title this weekend and my family was very pleased. Preserving
books are making an appearance again this month as well as a nice
selection of international titles to woo us. Let's get started!

Bianco: Pizza, Pasta, and Other Food I Like by
Chris Bianco brings us a full-color, fully illustrated cookbook
illuminating the fundamentals of pizza making, from the basics of
flour and water to the philosophy behind Bianco's cooking. The book
features recipes for his signature pies as well as strategies and
techniques for translating chef's methods to the home kitchen.

The Desserts of New York: (And How to Eat Them
All) by Yasmin Newman is another title I am anxious to get my
hands on. New York - oh how I miss you. This book is a travel
journal featuring the desserts of New York City with 44 recipes
from all the hottest sweet spots from number one voted old school
Jewish chocolate babka to the infamous cronut - she covers them
all. The book is being released in Australia and the UK as
well.

Ball Canning Back to Basics: A Foolproof Guide to
Canning Jams, Jellies, Pickles, and More by Ball Test Kitchen
focuses on the building block techniques and classic recipes that
every canner should know. The book begins with in-depth information
on the equipment you need, preparing your fruits and vegetables,
and food safety guidance. Each canning and preserving method is
thoroughly explained with step-by-step photographs and
beginner-friendly tutorials highlighting key steps. Packed with 100
foolproof recipes for the modern pantry, a wealth of variation
ideas for low-sugar and flavor change-ups, and time-tested
tips.

Peppers of the Americas: The Remarkable Capsicums
That Forever Changed Flavor by Maricel E. Presilla is a
stunning visual reference to peppers showcasing nearly 200
varieties (with physical descriptions, tasting notes, uses for
cooks, and beautiful botanical portraits for each). Following the
cook's gallery of varieties, more than 40 on-trend Latin recipes
for spice blends, salsas, sauces, salads, vegetables, soups, and
main dishes highlight the big flavors and taste-enhancing
capabilities of peppers.

Short Stack Vol 28: Cucumbers by Dawn Perry is
the latest addition to the Short Stack series. Get to know this
summertime staple in new and exciting ways, from inspired salads to
simple and delicious cooked centerpieces (yes, you can cook a
cucumber!). This edition will turn you into a cuke connoisseur
through recipes like Soy & Wasabi-Glazed Cucumbers with Crab
& Lemon and Cucumber-Honeydew Paletas.

Deepa's Secrets: Mouthwatering, Slow-Carb New
Indian Recipes by Deepa Thomas is part cookbook and memoir.
Deepa's Secrets introduces breakthrough slow carb and gut-healing
recipes that are simple and nutrient-packed, without sacrificing
its rich South Asian flavors. On a mission to demystify and make
healthy an "exotic" cuisine, Deepa shares shortcuts and techniques
that will make "New Indian" everyday fare.

Graze: Inspiration for Small Plates and Meandering
Meals by Suzanne Lenzer is full of tips to help you prepare
healthy, wholesome, and appetizing food without spending hours in
the kitchen. Lenzer is a food stylist and often this is how she
entertains by making small plates or tapas where one can go from
plate to plate trying a little of everything.

What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women and the Food That
Tells Their Stories by Laura Shapiro takes on six famous women
through the lens of food and cooking - what they ate and how their
attitudes toward food offer surprising new insights into their
lives. It's a lively and unpredictable array of women; what they
have in common with one another (and us) is a powerful relationship
with food. They include Dorothy Wordsworth, whose food story
transforms our picture of the life she shared with her famous poet
brother; Rosa Lewis, the Edwardian-era Cockney caterer who cooked
her way up the social ladder; Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady and
rigorous protector of the worst cook in White House history; Eva
Braun, Hitler's mistress, who challenges our warm associations of
food, family, and table; Barbara Pym, whose witty books upend a
host of stereotypes about postwar British cuisine; and Helen Gurley
Brown, the editor of Cosmopolitan, whose commitment to "having it
all" meant having almost nothing on the plate except a supersized
portion of diet gelatin.

The Vibrant Table: Whole Recipes from a Food
Stylist's Kitchen by Clara Luboff features a collection of over
80 original, wholesome and nutritionally balanced recipes that are
a reflection of author's time spent living in South America,
Australia and Asia. Straightforward and packed with flavor, Clara's
recipes turn everyday cooking into an easy task and are a boon for
time-starved home-cooks. Her unique food styling tips and
entertaining menus will also appeal to avid foodies and party
hosts.

FOOD & WINE Best Weeknight Meals by
The Editors of Food & Wine shares more than 100 practical,
delicious, get-it-on-the-table-now hacks and recipes are featured
in this new special edition from the pages of everyone's favorite
cooking magazine.

The Smart Dinner: Clever and Versatile Ways to Use
What You've Got on Hand by Betty Crocker provides more than 125
recipes, with tips and techniques for creating dinners everyone
will love and that make the most of on-hand ingredients. With
genius tips for cooking with fresh, wholesome fixings, the book
empowers home cooks to become more resourceful, accomplished, and
eco-friendly.

Egg on
the Menu by Luc Hoornaert is the second book in the On the Menu
Series. Chicken on the Menu came first and is an
incredibly beautiful book. I am anxious to get my hands on this
title. Luc Hoornaert has collected 60 recipes from his travels
around the world. What are the classics? How do other cultures use
egg in the kitchen? How do top chefs make dishes based on eggs?

Two Kitchens: Family Recipes from Sicily and
Rome by Rachel Roddy, the award-winning Guardian Cook columnist
and winner of the Andre Simon and Guild of Food Writers' awards,
delivers a glorious book highlighting the food that comes from her
two kitchens in Sicily and Rome. Rachel's first title Five Quarters is on my bookshelf and I cannot
wait to have this title join it. I had the privilege of reviewing
the electronic version and it is spectacular - Rachel's beautiful
writing, stunning photographs and scrumptious recipes makes this
title a must have. Because we index every recipe from the Guardian
Cook, you can add any of Rachel's 135 recipes from there to your
Bookshelf. That's like a whole free cookbook!

Sabor: Flavours from a Spanish Kitchen by
Nieves Barragan Mohacho shares the food that the Basque-born chef
likes to cook when she's off duty; the food that she grew up eating
and the food that she still makes for friends and family. The
recipes range from hearty dishes such as braised Iberian pork ribs
and chorizo and potato stew, to lighter fare such as seafood
skewers, clams in salsa verde and stuffed piquillo peppers, and a
wealth of other recipes, from grilled hispi cabbage to baked
cauliflower with salted almonds, chilli and shallots. This is the
chef's second book - her first, Barrafina named after the world famous tapas
bar where she was chef, is a must-have as well.

Veneto: Recipes from an Italian Country Kitchen
by Valeria Necchio shares the food and flavors at the heart of the
Veneto region in North Eastern Italy. Veneto includes lovingly
written recipes that capture the spirit of this beautiful and often
unexplored region, and Valeria's memories of the people and places
that make the Veneto so special. The title will come to the US in
December.

Trullo: The Cookbook by Tim Siadatan is being
released simultaneously in the US and UK in July. London restaurant
Trullo, and its baby sister, Padella, are taking the food world by
storm with modern Italian recipes with a British twist. Siadatan,
who was the youngest head chef ever to work at Jamie Oliver's
Fifteen, takes the best of Italian cooking and combines it with
British produce to create innovative original dishes.

Chai Chaat & Chutney: a street food journey
through India by Chetna Makan. Chetna is back with another
title - this time focusing on street food. She is the author of one
of my favorite books The Cardamom Trail which I had previously reviewed in May of 2016. Chai
Chaat & Chutney will be released in the US in September.
For this new title, the author traveled to all four corners of
India - Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi and Chennai - sampling the extreme
varieties of street food available. Each area has subtle
differences in ingredients and techniques, making the cuisine
completely unique and full of character. From her journey, she has
taken inspiration and created delicious recipes that are simple to
cook at home.

Comfort : Delicious Bakes and Family Treats by
Candice Brown delivers the recipes Candice learned to bake from her
nan and mum, recipes close to her heart, that should be served up
as a big generous slice - and preferably on a vintage plate if
you have one. Candice's recipes are easy to make, no nonsense
and hearty. I had to order this book because (remember fan girl)
and it is so wonderful. I had it only one day and made the Peanut
Butter Marshmallow Blondies which disappeared in minutes.

Nadiya's British Food Adventure : Over 120
Delicious and Diverse Recipes to Celebrate the Land we Call
Home by Nadiya Hussain features mouth-wateringly delicious
recipes from her BBC programme. Famed for her fantastic cookery
skills and adventurous flavour choices, she sets off on a journey
around the country to meet some of the finest growers, producers
and pioneers. Her travels were the inspiration for the British
Bake-Off winner to create over 120 easy and enticing new recipes
that mix the local ingredients she encountered with her very
favourite flavours: a nod to her Bangladeshi roots.

Crave: Brilliantly Indulgent Recipes by
Martha Collison is the second book from Sunday Times bestselling
author and Great British Bake Off contestant (Twist was her first). Using brilliant food
science and delicious flavour combinations, she provides go-to
recipes incorporating 8 of those things we so often hanker for:
citrus, fruit, nut, spice, chocolate, caramel, cheese - and
alcohol! There are 'Instant' recipes such as Lemon Cheesecake Pots
- your super quick treats to be rustled up in next to no time.
There are 'Soon' recipes that are ready to snaffle in under an
hour, like Chilli Chocolate Churros. And you'll find 'Worth the
Wait' recipes, too. Think Olive & Preserved Lemon Focaccia and
Caramelised White Chocolate Cake - a collection of bakes where
patience yields intense flavours and sumptuous textures. This book
is coming to the US in June of 2018.

15 Minute Vegan: Fast, Modern Vegan
Cooking by Katy Beskow uses ingredients that are available
in supermarkets to deliver recipes that are as easy as can be -
from shopping to cooking to serving. Starting with advice on the
equipment you need to make cooking go faster, plus essential pantry
ingredients, chapters cover Breakfast, Light Bites, Mains,
Essentials and Sweet Stuff. Katy also offers straightforward
recipes and tips about preparation, freezing and storing.

Ella's Kitchen: The Easy Family Cookbook by
Ella's Kitchen is packed with more than 100 easy-to-make and
delicious family recipes that bring everyone together to share in
life's food adventures. In chapters organized by mealtime, each
recipe has been carefully developed to ensure that it's perfectly
balanced and lip-smackingly tasty for little ones and grown-ups
alike.

Eat Well For Less: Family Feasts on a
Budget by Jo Scarratt-Jones delivers everything from quick
and healthy breakfasts to delicious snacks, simple but hearty
dinners to indulgent puddings, all 80 recipes are easy to follow
and use only widely available ingredients.

Dinner Deconstructed by Annabel Staff
features 35 recipes as you've never seen them before, broken down
into their individual ingredients and photographed in stylish
still-life arrangements.

A Passion for Pasta by
Carmela Sophia Sereno takes a delicious trip down Italy, from
top to toe, led by the author also known as the pasta queen. With
stunning photographs throughout, Carmela guides you through making
speciality pasta dishes from each Italian region.

Australia

Yemek by Isabel Lezmi, Lisa Rienermann and
Veronika Helvacioglu shares authentic recipes, from mezze to
desserts, which are surprisingly simple to re-create in any home
kitchen and call on the iconic fresh ingredients and spices, all
easy to source, that define Turkish cooking. This title was
originally released in the German language in 2015 and at last is
being published in English in Australia and the UK. It will be
available in December for US members.

Elsa's Wholesome Life: Eat Less from a Box and More
from the Earth by Ellie Bullen writer of the hugely
popular blog Elsa's Wholesome Life is a veritable explosion of
colour, sunshine, coastal living and delicious plant-based recipes.
Her first cookbook features more than 100 of her go-to dishes, from
nutritious granolas and powerhouse smoothies to flavour-packed
salads and soups, hearty curries and burgers, and drop-dead
delicious sweets. A qualified dietitian and nutritionist, Ellie
explains everything you need to know about adopting a plant-based
diet, including how to: - get enough iron, vitamin B12 and calcium
- achieve the right balance of carbs, proteins and good fats - shop
smarter and get more organised in the kitchen - enjoy a lifestyle
that is better for you and the environment Ellie's food is fresh,
flavoursome, nutrient-dense and - above all - fun.

Chefs Eat Toasties Too: A Pro's Guide for
Reinventing Your Sandwich Game by Darren Purchese is a
celebration of that most enduring of comfort foods, the toasted
sandwich - but taken to new heights. While crafting elaborate
dessert and pastry confections by day, by night Darren secretly
perfects the art of the toasted sandwich. In this book, he reveals
50 of his masterful creations: from the perfect Maple Bacon, Pear
& Camembert on Sourdough, to his Pulled Pork, Fennel Slaw &
Chilli Mayo Sliders on Brioche Buns. He has also developed sweet
recipes for the ultimate in comforting indulgence, such as Dark
Chocolate, Olive Oil & Salt on Olive Bread, Apple, Vanilla
& Lemon Parcels and Salted Caramel on Sourdough. For those
wishing to take their toasties to truly cheffy heights, there are
even recipes to make the condiments from scratch, including pear
dressing, pickled onions & chutney, chilli caramelised onions,
vanilla cherries and rose raspberries. Chefs Eat Toasties Too
caters for all manner of cooking methods: from grill, to pan, to
sandwich press, to oven.

NEW ZEALAND

Annabel Langbein Cheap Thrills:
Save Money Save Time Eat Well by Annabel Langbein will
guide the beginner baker and busy homemaker through an irresistible
array of baked treats - biscuits, slices, cakes, muffins and more.
This brilliant book will ensure everyone, no matter what their age
or cooking ability, achieves baking success - every time! Simple
one-pot mixes and no-bake treats will cater to the novice (or
nervous) baker, while no-fail cakes and simple to prepare slices
are guaranteed to become favorites with busy homemakers searching
for interesting new ways to fill the tins.

2 Comments

Thank you Jenny, I always enjoy your book reviews. Although I try to keep up with what is being published I always see ones in your roundup that have missed my radar! I agree with you about Rachel Roddy, I look forward to reading her each week in The Guardian Cook but the books are an absolute delight. It's interesting to see what is being published in other countries too.